Shooting Script

This is my shooting script which I would use to plan out how I film the interviews and cut aways. It includes the type of shots and locations.

Idea Outline

These are my ideas for the documentary I am going to film. I planned them out in a spider diagram to keep it clear on how the film will work out and how the film will look. For example I put Futura as the main font in the documentary. This font will be used in the titles scenes. Having this diagram makes sure I have continuity between my work.

It's also a great referring point when I am in the post production period of my documentary when I am editing. I will know what the length has to be and how it should be set out.

Pitch Feedback

We got given pitch feedback for our ideas this is some of the things I got.

• Make sure all the content fit's into a short film

This is something I took in. I feel the feedback to makes sure everything fits is good because the longer the film becomes the more mistakes show and the less of a short film it becomes.

• Think about where your going to place the person you're interviewing

I took this in when I started drawing my storyboard. I made sure the place is related to the topic that the documentary is about which is music producing so I made sure it's in the music studio.

• Make sure wind doesn't get in the way of the sound

This isn't really a problem for me because I'm filming my documentary inside. However if any plans change and the documentary is shot outside especially the interview I need to makes sure wind doesn't interrupt the sound of the voice. 

• Make sure camera stays on the subject

Because my documentary is like an interview the camera will be on the tripod with the person sitting on a chair. Only cutaways shots will have camera movement. 

Rushes log & Editing desicions

This is a capture of the shots. I label them with names so it's easier to know which is what when I am editing it makes the process of editing much faster and more efficient. Because I'm the only one editing I use shortcut language and don't colour label my clips however if this was a group project I would colour label and put every single detail to make sure other editors know which clips are the ones they need.


Shots that I will not use in my final cut

The shot is nice however as I had to re-shoot and re-edit the narrative of the documentary I decided this clip does not fit in anywhere and would be random and unneeded in the final cut therefore I will not use it.

Another shot that I will not use because the lighting does not match. I like this shot the lighting problem can be seen and noticed by the spectator.

This is another clip that I won't use because of content it has. The birds were meant to represent freedom of making music however as editing went on it just didn't seem to fit in with the whole concept of this documentary it seemed a little out of place.

BBFC Letter

BBFC Letter from Modestas Mankus

BBFC Research

British Board of Film Classification 

British board of film classification is a non-govornomental organisation which is funded by the film industry and has a job of classifying films with which certificate they come under.

BBFC use few different certificates to separate films that are based on violence , sexual use or , drugs from more easier going films.

At the moment there is 7 different certificates going from 'Suitable for all' to very serious 'Adults works for licensed premises only' as also known as R18. 

The certificate gets decided by an examiner who watches the film and decides what certificate a film deserves depending in what it has included into it and what impact it would have on the spectator.

- Suitable for all ages

- Parental Guidance

- Cinema release suitable for 12 years and over

- Video release suitable for 12 years and over

- Suitable for 15 years and over

- Suitable for adults only

- Adult works for licensed premises only

Caroline (2009) is a children fantasy animation film directed by Henry Selick. The film was given a certificate of PG (Parental Guidance). This raised many concerns as the film had many horror scenes which may scare the kids that watch it however BBFC say it's also about how long the scenes last all and how detailed they are.
Normally a film with a PG is known for being suitable to watch for all ages but may include some unpleasant scenes.

Post Production Evidence

The software I was using for my video was Adobe Premiere I cut up all the audio and video together with all effects were all done on this software. To keep everything tidy made sure clips aren't on the same track so incase I need to expand them or cut them it doesn't mess up another clip.

On the left you can see I applied Mojo plugin which let me add colour filters and colour correct my video how I wanted. 

For the question titles I blurred one of the cutaways and added text which was in white futura font which thought suits the topic of the documentary which is about a electronic music producer. I think the font looks modern and music technology is modern so I think the font is suitable for it.

This is the timeline of the project the main soundtrack was made in Fruity Loops which was synced up with the clip I did some automation to change the audios volume at parts of speeches so everything is equal and doesn't jump to give the film smooth look.

Genre and target audience research task